Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Today a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, male, at the feeder. We were with friends who had never seen one, so a life bird for them.

Fishing Tale

Fishing guy to friends after he gets home....."You should 've seen what I got, a big one... it must have been over 1000 lbs." ...

Catbird seat

We have a pair of Gray Catbirds that come to the feeder and eat the oranges we have put out for the Orioles. Of course, the Orioles are igno...

Bobolink Flying

Today I photographed this male Bobolink doing a display flight over our hayfield. Photo © Lillian Stokes, 2006

Eggs-actly right

Here is an eggshell I found on the ground today, not far from our Eastern Phoebe's nest. It is possible that this is the eggshell from a...

Night Images, May 24

Images from the end of the day. Dinner at dusk on the deck overlooking the mountain. Photo was put through Adobe Photoshop CS, filter, artis...

Gorgeous gorgets

Hummingbirds have amazing colors on their beautiful throats. The throat area is called the gorget. Interestingly, the feathers on the gorge...

Pot Of Gold

Rainbow after the thunderstorm today at Bobolink Farm, our pot of gold. Photo © Lillian Stokes, 2006

Flamingoed!

We came back from our trip to see that we had been overrun by an exotic species — we'd been flamingoed! Actually our good friends played...

Kirtland's Warbler, endangered species

Kirtlands' Warbler Mio Ranger Station, Kirtland's Warber tour starts here Monument to Kirtland's Warbler in Mio, MI Ideal Kirtla...

Ottawa NWR, Magee Marsh

Black-throated Green Warbler Boardwalk at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area Daisy, our dog, begging for potato chips during lunch in the parking lot...

Crown Jewels

Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Northern P...

Warblers! May 13

Hi there, today we have been at Ottawa, NWR, and Magee Marsh Wildlfe Area/Crane Creek State Park, in Ohio. These are some of the best birdin...